- Date
- August 29, 1991, 21:00 local (Aug 30, 1991, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kelly River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2070KCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910829037459A
- Case key
- 5614
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate judgment in deciding to land a tricycle gear airplane on a sandbar.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flight originated at the noatak River after the pilot dropped off some passengers. The destination was the Kelly River and the flight was a personal flight. After landing on the sand bar and during roll out, the airplane's nose wheel struck a ditch and the airplane nosed over. The pilot stated there were no mechanical irregularities with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070K
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0196
- Airframe hours
- 11,350
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cliff Gurske
- Registered owner
- Michael A. Spisack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Noatak River, AK
- Destination
- Kelly Bar, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2070K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.